Re: Re : Fw: Sent to me from Georgia

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> "nay lad, tha cant av nobbut wun shift i thi accent else toan i a longish
> word. tha mun think abaht ah t' modern greeks a goin to meck luv.
> ahll sithi."
In more conventional spelling, except for non-standard lexical items:

"Nay, lad, thou can't have not-but one shift in the accent else tone in a
longish word.  Thou mun think about all the modern Greeks a-going to
make love.  I'll see thee."

Note the 2nd-person singular pronouns, archaic in Standard English;
the use of "else" for "or" and "not-but" for "only"; and the
Norse borrowing "mun" for standard (and native) English "must".

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